A workshop by fourth-year music therapy student Kylie Klym and professor Amy Clements-Cortes drew television cameras to the Maison Vale Hospice in Sudbury thios week.
Klym is serving a six-month internship at the hospice, providing therapy to its residents and oncology patients at the Regional Cancer Program at Sudbury Regional Hospital.
Engineering professor Rupp Carriveau will discuss his research on a unique solution for storing the wind energy generated by turbines that spin during off-peak hours when he appears on CJAM 99.1 FM this afternoon.
Saying he loves university life, his students and teaching, English professor Tom Dilworth is glad to have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada but thinks it would be a mistake to think it means much.
The society named him to its academy of the arts and humanities in September; he will be inducted during a ceremony on Saturday, November 26, at the Ottawa Convention Centre.
“It just means that you have worked hard and published a lot,” says Dr. Dilworth. “What does make it important for me is that I was nominated by Byron Rourke.”
Weather permitting, the revised schedule for the Chrysler Hall Tower renovations is for the exterior work to be complete by the end of October 2011, reports Facility Services.
The north/east set of stairs complete with new railings should be open for use around Tuesday, October 11. The south/east stairs will then be closed approximately two and a half weeks for repairs until completion.
Journalist Laura Robinson knows first-hand the challenges of being a woman in sport.
A three-time Ontario cycling champion, 1979 Ontario and Canadian rowing champion, active Nordic skier and runner, Robinson recalls an active childhood in which she was encouraged by her family to pursue her love for athletics. She was surprised and angered to find, even at a young age, that sports were not welcoming to girls and women.
Growing up in what is now Mississauga, Ontario, Robinson discovered her interest in cycling when a group of local boys biked to her house.
Facility Services has ceased the flow of cooling water to campus buildings for the winter and advises students, faculty and staff to dress appropriately for changing environmental conditions.
“We have a major project at the riverfront plant and need to get started now if we’re going to meet our spring deadline for completion,” says Kevin Desmarais, lead hand in the Energy Conversion Centre.
“We hope the lack of air conditioning doesn’t provide too great an inconvenience and will try to address any real problems by directing outside air through buildings.”
Faculty members who could one day be working downtown are getting the chance to help shape their new digs long before the heavy equipment moves in.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Canadians, says Mark Badrov. He hopes to help do something about it.
A kinesiology student in the second year of his master’s program, Badrov is seeking volunteer subjects for his study into how an isometric hand grip device, which users squeeze over short but sustained intervals, helps to lower blood pressure.
“It’s a novel, simple, time-efficient method of treatment, but we’re still trying to understand why it works,” he says.
A new partnership between the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO) will provide a fast track into chartered accountancy for university graduates looking for a new career path.
The Odette CA Pathway will allow students who already hold a four-year bachelor’s degree to complete the requirements for professional accounting designation without having to earn a second degree.
Hassan Karaki loves Canada.
“I want to understand everything I can about Canadian culture,” says the third-year biotechnology student. “I love this country so much.”
Karaki hopes to be paired with a local family for the Host for the Holidays program, which matches international students with Windsor families willing to open their homes for a Thanksgiving meal.
He hasn’t seen his Lebanese homeland since arriving in Windsor more than two years ago. As much as he likes Windsor, it can be lonely.
